Lucas88 wrote: ↑June 11th, 2023, 4:40 pm
Today the temperature reached 27°. That's the average high in Medellín and other Colombian highland cities for most of the year.
I was reminded of what it's like to live in Latin America. The body starts to sweat and the balls start to chafe in one's boxers. I hate that feeling.
I had a look at both of my parent's web page displays for their genes, and I have a lot of English genes, along with Irish, Scottish, German and French. So I don't think the sensitivity to temperature is genetic. 27 degrees Celsius is a very nice mild summer temperature. I was
What is a good way to dress in hotter climates for keeping oneself cool? When it gets 34 or 35, that's when it's hot. I grew up in the American south and it gets like that and humid on hot days.
But don't Brit's take their shirts off and go to the beach when it gets to be about 70 degrees (sorry, got to speak English and get off that Celsius stuff) in the summer?
The English conquered India and what is now Malaysia, and other hot places, so their bodies must be able to adapt.
Some Indonesians have an extreme sensitivity to cold. When it gets down to 69 in the rainy season at sea level, security guards will put on coats and act like its cold. The people in the mountains are a little tougher up in Sumatra because it gets down in the 40's... or it used to. But freezing temperatures are rough on them. My wife itched really bad when she first experienced winter. We had to figure out she needed to lotion up. It didn't bother me much. I'd just occasionally use lotion on my hands.